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East Central Region - Regional Resources

Welcome to the East Central Region Resources page where you will find regional and state Earth and Space Science education resources for Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. Consider this your go-to page for local and regional resources, and also a place where you can contribute. Contact the NESTA President, your Regional Director, or the NESTA Website Coordinator with your suggestions. If you have a suggestion for another category, pass it along. Please let us know if you find a web link that no longer works.

Children in the Stream Conference

http://www.childreninthestream.com/2013-registration--fee.html

This summer, from June 24 - 27, 2013, we will offer our second Children in the Stream Conference . Last year's conference was a huge success and you can go to http://www.childreninthestream.com/the-2012-children-in-the-stream-conference.html to read more about the four-day event. This is the only national four-day conference that trains adults on how to use fly fishing as the foundation for incorporating science, math, English language arts,visual arts and community outreach into the curriculum or into a youth program.

American Geophysical Union Lecture: The Climate Science Debate: What Does the Science Tell Us and Why People on Both Sides Are So Angry About It

URL: 
https://www.nestanet.org/cms/content/conferences/nsta/speakers
Date/Time: 
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 2:00pm
Fee for participation: 
none, other than registration at NSTA conference
Online registration: 
0

In this talk, Prof. Dessler will review the state of the science of climate change and discuss why climate scientists are so worried about this problem. He will also talk about the polarized debate over climate change and why there is such an enormous split over both the scientific reality of the problem and the policy options.

Venue name if any: 
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Grand Ballroom C1
City: 
San Antonio
State: 
TX

Eastern Region - Regional Resources

Welcome to the Eastern Region Resources page where you will find regional and state Earth and Space Science education resources for Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Consider this your go-to page for local and regional resources, and also a place where you can contribute. Contact the NESTA President, your Regional Director, or the NESTA Website Coordinator with your suggestions. If you have a suggestion for another category, pass it along. Please let us know if you find a web link that no longer works.

Regional Resources

Welcome to the NESTA Regional Resources page. This page has been created to help guide our members toward educator resources in each of our regions. At this time, we have organized regional information into categories such as Associations, Field Trip Locations and/or PD Providers, Government Agencies, and other miscellaneous information.

NESTA Rock and Mineral Raffle

URL: 
Date/Time: 
Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 3:30pm
Fee for participation: 
none, except registration for the NSTA Conference
Online registration: 
0

NESTA offers more than 50 specimens to choose from for a chance to win display-quality specimens of rocks, minerals, fossils, and other Earth science-related materials.

Presenter(s): Kimberly Warschaw (Wakefield High School: Arlington, VA); Roberta M. Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO); Ardis Herrold (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Plymouth, MI)

FORMAT: Workshop
SUBJECT: Earth Science
GRADE LEVEL: General

Venue name if any: 
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Ballroom A
City: 
San Antonio
State: 
TX

Our Changing Planet

URL: 
Date/Time: 
Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 2:00pm
Fee for participation: 
none, except registration for the NSTA Conference
Online registration: 
0

This NESTA workshop introduces 18 free online activities and videos about changes in the Earth system, including three activities we will do together. Handouts!

Presenter(s): Roberta M. Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO); Margaret A. Holzer (Chatham High School: Chatham, NJ)

FORMAT: Workshop
SUBJECT: Earth Science
GRADE LEVEL: Middle Level-High School

Venue name if any: 
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Ballroom A
City: 
San Antonio
State: 
TX

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